DCJS 60 hour entry level course for Personal Protection Specialist.
Course as required for registration approval in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Personal Protection Specialist
60 Hours
Administration & Personal Protection Orientation 4 hours
Introduction
Job Description
Overview
Requirements
Duties and responsibilities
Protective responsibility
Proactive versus Reactive Operation
Applicable Sections of the Code of Virginia and DCJS Regulations 1 hour
a. Code of Virginia and Private Security Regulations
Laws relating to the regulation of Private Security Services
Regulations relating to Private Security Services
Limits of Authority
Weapons issues and the Law
Review of other laws pertinent to the Personal Security Specialist
b. Conduct and Ethics
Professionalism and integrity
Confidentiality
Client selection and conduct
Public image
Cost factors
Physical and Mental preparation
Nutrition, exercise, rest
Career Challenges
New reactive priorities
Preparing mentally for protective assignments
Assessment of Threat and Protectee Vulnerability 8 hours
Specific threat analysis
Target selection methodology
Types of threats
Motivation for attack
Target Pinpointing through Surveillance
Effect of attack
Accessibility
Vulnerability
Critical need
Risk to attacker
Intelligence gathering by attackers
Abduction and assassination studies
Specific public and private cases
Methods of surveillance and target study
Methods of attack and ambush
Failure analysis
Surveillance detection
Value of detection
How to spot surveillance
Observation and awareness
Collecting and reporting information developed
Predictability avoidance
Route planning
Schedule variance
Daily routine
Travel and movement
Destructive techniques and ambush scenarios
Introduction to explosives
Typical Bomb Attacks
Threat and Assault realities
Bomb Incident management
Intelligence gathering
Law enforcement liaison
Federal Agency liaison
Corporate Information Sources
Public information
Legal Authority and Civil Law 8 hours
Personal Protection Specialist actions relating to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
First amendment
Dealing with the press
Dealing with the public
Forth Amendment
Fifth Amendment
Sixth Amendment
Eighth Amendment
Civil law
Criminal law
Use of force guidelines
Level of force
Deadly force
Ability
Opportunity
Jeopardy
Self defense
Practical alternatives and diversions
Defensive scenarios
Cover and evacuate
Primary response to Protectee
Statutory law
Review of Criminal statutes
How these laws relate to the Personal Protective Specialist
Cooperation with local law enforcement
Labor law issues
Employment law
Labor situations
Importance to the Personal Protective Specialist
Protective Detail Operations 28 hours
Security advances
Pre-departure preparations
Lodging accommodations
Transportation coordination
Specific site surveys
Coordination of emergency services and local intelligence
Law enforcement
Fire and rescue
Hospital
International travel preparations
Border issues
Health issues
Cultural issues
Protocol issues
Terrorist issues
Detail briefing
Major contact names and numbers
Facility floor plans
Itineraries and schedules
Post assignments and positioning
Emergency plans
Practical advance survey exercises
Protective detail organization
Personal selection
Special training
Protective equipment
Policy and protective procedures
Personal Protective Specialists Daily Operations
Understanding overall objectives
Intentional injury
Unintentional injury
Embarrassment
Formations, positioning, motorcades
High profile
Low profile
Types of post assignments
Interior
Perimeter
Checkpoint
Surveillance
Emergency reaction guidelines
Cover and evacuate
Individual tasking
Command post procedures
Vehicle coordination
Manpower coordination
Equipment coordination
Vehicular movement
Limousine and follow car
Larger motorcades
Air travel
Commercial flight
Private and charter
Varying environments and social settings
Business
Recreational
Family
Media attention
Crowds and special events
Protective courtesies
Familiarity with protectee and family
Spacing and interaction
Professional demeanor and image
Practical exercises – required to have five
Emergency procedures 12 hours
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) 8 hours
Emergency first aid
Emergency situations
Emergency evacuation/reaction planning
Prior reconnaissance of travel routes, places and facilities to be visited
Primary evacuation route for each location
Alternate evacuation routes
Identification of alternate/emergency travel routes and travel modes
Responses to emergency situations
Continuous situation analysis
Emergency relocation
Advance site selection
Location options
Information security
Security procedures
Evacuation
Performance Evaluations – Five Practical Exercises
Written examination
(This is the Completed Course Outline for DCJS 60 hr PPS course)
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